Chu-ng
[également appelé Sauch, Saotch, Saoch]Classification : Austro-Asiatic
·menacée
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Menacée
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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17
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20
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43 speakers in Cambodia in the early 1880s, 17 speakers (three families) in the 1990s; also 150 in Thailand, including 20 speakers, about half fluent, with the youngest semispeakers now approaching 40.
- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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Despite the very small speaker population, the language is still transmitted to children and used as an in-group language in Cambodia and is only potentially endangered, while in Thailand it is moribund.
- ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS
- Positive
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Khmer
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Thai
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
Known as Chu’ung, Sa-ong or Khamen Padong (‘Padong Khmer’) in Thailand; the Khmer name Sa-och is a kind of skin disease in Khmer, and is greatly resented by the group. The speakers in Thailand were transported as war captives in 1833, but some escaped the Thais and remained behind or later returned. All speakers in Cambodia are bilingual in Khmer, and all in Thailand speak Thai.
- PLACES
- Cambodia and Thailand
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Cambodia: Kompong Som Province, near Veal Rinh; Thailand: Kanchanaburi Province, Srisawat District, Tha Thungna village.